On 17/01/06, Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon@thenilgiris.com wrote:
On Tuesday 17 Jan 2006 1:44 am, Mrugesh Karnik wrote:
Well, simple point. I do not have the resources to go in person to listen to Ubuntu talks. Instead I can just go over the reports. Once again, I say, I'd be very interested in going in person if it isn't about Ubuntu.
the whole point of this debate is it is not a question of 'whats in this for me', but a question of building community. You may not get anything out of it, but you can give - give support just by being there. The community in big cities rarely meets - in fact i once described the mumbai lug as a virtual lug. Now the community meets, everyone feels good and that is a positive. The reason why some ppl thought you were a windoze user is that 'whats in this for me' attitude is typical of them. Mark Shuttleworth has contributed enormously to the community - so the community should support him by turning out in large numbers. On second thoughts, it is better that you dont come - we wouldnt want him to get a bad impression of India ;-)
-- regards kg
Fair enough. Point conceded. I was wrong with the "what's in it for me" attitude. Apologies to all.
Though in my defence, I'll also say, that like I said in my previous email, it was a question of having enough resources to go in person. I still do not know if I do. This is one thing that also stops me from coming to monthly meets, even if I want to.
I'll tell you what. Now that you've said that it's better for me to not come, I'll try my level best to come. Same goes for the next meet. You just need to meet me to find out if I really give out a bad impression about India :)
Regards, Mrugesh